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North and Central America (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5310 Collections and/or Records:

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1549 Lake Agnes Rockies near Laggan, Rocky Mountains, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/10
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm. Shows the lake with mountains behind.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1677 Portion of Revelstoke, BC and Eagle Pass, CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway], 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/9
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm. Shows a newly cleared forest in foreground, smoke rising in the town behind, with mountains in the distance.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1690 Lake Louise and Chalet, Rocky Mountains CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway], 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/12
Scope and Contents

240 x 180 mm. Shows a man outside a newly constructed chalet looking across the lake to the mountains.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1754 Ottertail Bridge CPR [Canadian Pacific Railways], 1880 - 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/4
Scope and Contents

235 x 190 mm. Written on reverse 'Old wooden trestle bridge.' Shows the bridge in the process of construction.

Dates: 1880 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1757 CPR Station and Sir Donald Mountain Glacier BC, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/7
Scope and Contents

Shows the station with a number of people, including a station official, standing on the platform, with forest and mountains behind. Mt. Sir Donald and the lower part of Mt. Avalanche are identified on the reverse.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1832 West Indies, 1832

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 263/32
Scope and Contents

Contemporary folder marked with list of correspondence.

Dates: 1832
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1873 Big trees and Dirve [sic], Stanley Park, Vancouver BC, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/8
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm. A bridge and telegraph poles can be seen in the distance, with some buildings through the trees to the left.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1932 Conference, 1960 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/31
Scope and Contents

255 x 205 mm. modern copy print from the National Archives of Canada. Arrival of Stanley Baldwin, R.B. Bennett, Neville Chamberlain, Harry H. Stevens and Geoffrey Lloyd.

Dates: 1960 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1932 Conference, 1960 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/32
Scope and Contents

255 x 205 mm. mm. modern copy print from the National Archives of Canada. Opening of the Imperial Conference in the House of Commons, Ottawa, with the Governor-General Lord Bessborough reading a message from King George V. A note on the back indicates the location of the delegations.

Dates: 1960 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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2000 ft sheer drop. Grand Can., 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/129
Scope and Contents

70 x 48 mm.

Dates: 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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2019[?] Buffalo Silver Heights Winnipeg, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062R/5
Scope and Contents

240 x 170 mm.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A banyan tree, Jamaica], 1895 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/15
Scope and Contents

212 x 136 mm. A view showing the main trunk of a banyan tree with a wooden seat at its base. A carving on the trunk of the tree is dated 1895.

Dates: 1895 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A black bear, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2092
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). At White River.

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Body, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/32
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing a blackened and bloated corpse half burned in volcanic ash with blocks of masonry lying around.

Dates: 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Bowring Red X Line ship, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/13
Scope and Contents

Fitted out for sealing, with boards on deck side.

Dates: 1902 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Bowring Red X Line ship in ice at entrance to the Narrows, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/15
Scope and Contents

Photo from Signal Hill. Freshwater Bay in background.

Dates: 1902 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A brief relation of the voyage into Maryland (description of Barbados), 1634, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/39
Scope and Contents

Copy by Davis.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Canadian Guide of the West, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/124
Scope and Contents

Coloured, 115 x 155 mm. by C.W. Simpson ARCA.

Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Canadian Pacific Transcontinental Train, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/13
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[A Canadian soldier comes out of the line], 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/3
Scope and Contents

135 x 190 mm.

Dates: 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Candid Examination of ‘The Defence of the Settlers of Honduras;' or, a Fair Enquiry into the Justice of Their Accusations against Colonel George Arthur, by John Armstrong (London, 1824), 1824

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/58
Scope and Contents

Thirteen copies.

Dates: 1824
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Candid Examination of ‘The Defence of the Settlers of Honduras', or, a Fair Inquiry into the Justice of Their Accusations Against Colonel George Arthur' (London, 1824) by John Armstrong, 1824

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 270/8
Scope and Contents

Two copies.

Dates: 1824
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Central Alberta Beauty, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/13
Scope and Contents

166 x 115 mm. Showing a prize black cow at the Edmonton Exhibition.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Central Alberta farmer’s troubles, crops too heavy to pass through binder, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/19
Scope and Contents

164 x 113 mm. Showing a farmer standing beside a horse drawn binder clogged up with oats.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Central Alberta Homestead, 1910 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/14
Scope and Contents

166 x 116 mm. Showing a flock of sheep grazing in a field with farm buildings in the background.

Dates: 1910 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).